Adjustable pen-rest for inkstands



- (No Model 0. THOMSON. ADJUSTABLE PEN BEST FOR INKSTANDS.

Witne' mes.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

HENRY O. THOMSON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

ADJUSTABLE PEN-REST FOR INKSTA ND S.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,446, dated June 17,1890.

Serial No. 332,959. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY O. THOMSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Pen-Rests for Inkells; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a top or plan view, and Fig. 2 a vertical and mediansection, of an ink-well provided with my invention. Fig. 3 is a verticalsection of the pen-rest, taken in a plane at right angles to that ofFig. 2. Fig. 4 is an under side view of said pen-rest.

The object of my invention is to provide a pen-rest that can be readilyapplied to inkwells of ordinary construction and sustained in the wellin such manner as to admit of easy adjustment in altitude therein tocause the pen, when applied to the rest, to enter the ink in the wellthe proper distance to keep said pen while in the rest suitably chargedwith ink and ready for use when required. The said pen-rest, besidesfurnishing a convenient support for the pen, also serves to nearly closethe mouth of the well, and thus materially prevents evaporation of theink.

In the drawings, A denotes the body or casing of an ink-well of commonconstruction, and B the well therein, it being surrounded at top by aneck a, as usual. Said neck is shown as circular and concentric with thewell; but it is often made rectangular instead of concentric. In eithercase I surround said neck with a band C, to which is fixed an arm D,said band and arm being clamped to the said neck by a screw E. In thearm D is a vertical hole I), in which a screw F is arranged to slide, anut G, screwed on said screw, bearing on the arm and sustainingin thewell the pen-rest and closure H, fixed to the lower end of the screw F,and by revolving the nut G said pen-rest can be raised or lowered in thewell, as may be desired.

NVithin the pen-rest is a mouth or opening 0 to receive the pen, saidopening flaring from its bottom upward, and usually a passage d leadsthrough the said rest and into the opening 0. The bottom of said passaged, being horizontal or thereabout, furnishes a bearing for the end ofthe pen-holder when applied to the rest, as represented in Fig. 2, andsupports it to advantage. The said passage (Z may, however, be dispensedwith, the iiaring mouth 0 answering to receive and support the pen andholder.

From the foregoing it will be seen that, with my invention applied to anink-well, a pen and its holder can be supported in the well in suchmanner that by turning the nut G the rest H will be raised or lowered inthe Well and the said pen made to enter the ink a suitable distance toproperly supply it with the ink and be ready for use when required. Thisway of supporting a pen is a great convenience, and does away withfrequent wiping of it, for as the pen is kept wet with the ink it cannotdry and thicken on the pen and cause it to corrode, as usual, it beingintended that the pen when in the rest shall enter the ink about asrepresented in Fig. 2, and as the ink lowers in the well the rest H canbe correspondingly lowered by turning the nut G..

Furthermore, one side of the opening c is inclined, as shown at c, tosupport the pen orincline it toward the writer, in position to beconveniently grasped by him when required.

lVhat I claim is 1. The arm D, secured to the well, the screw F,arranged to slide in said arm, the rest H, fixed to the screw andprovided with theflaring mouth, and the nut G, for varying the altitudeof said rest, in combination with an' inkwell, as and for the purposeset forth.

2. The arm D, applied to the well and provided with the passage b, thescrew F, adapted to slide therein, the rest H, having the mouth 0 andpassage (1 and fixed to the said screw, and the nut G, for raising orlowering the rest, in combination with an ink-well, as and for thepurpose explained.

3. The combination, with an ink-well, of the band 0, provided with anarm D and clampscrew E, the adjusting-screw F, and nut G,

and the rest H, fixed to screw F and provided G, the arm D, and theink-well supporting the .with an opening to receive and support thelatter, all essentially as set forth. 1o pen, the altitude of the saidrest in the well In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in beingregulated by turning the nut G, as expresence of two witnesses.

5 plained. HENRY C. THOMSON.

4. The pen-rest H, provided with the open- Witnesses: ing 0, passage d,and incline e, in coinbina- S. N. PIPER, tion with the screw F, fixedthereto, the nut J. H. S. STEIN.

